A Diamond Select Release! An Art Asylum Design and Sculpt! Nothing is more terrifying to a planet than the arrival of the insidious Unicron — devourer of worlds! Just in time for the 20th anniversary of the classic Transformers: The Movie, this industrial-sized Transformer…

stands approximately 8 ½" tall
comes painted and ready for display
is limited to 1,986 pieces
features a hand-numbered base with matching box and Certificate of Authenticity
ITEM CODE: NOV064436

I didn't dig any of the Hard Hero sculpts, and I'm sure that Digger/Art Asylum are gonna kick ass with this one. Even at $150, I'd consider it, but the size of the Hot Rod ruins it for me. Over Cybertron, especially digging his claws into it, would have preserved the spirit of the character so much more. Now he just kinda has an ogrish feel to him.

Ok, Transformer statue completionist here... This is going to come off a little negative, but I don't mean it to be.

The problem with what both Diamond and F4F are doing is that it's all been done before. Consider this - there's a tiny, tiny percentage of the TF fanbase that purchases statues. Anyone out there that absolutely had to have a Unicron statue has had four years to get one from HH. In keeping with that thought, anyone who really wanted a 12" Prime or Megs has had TWO previous opportunities to purchase them from either HH or Palisades. This makes me wonder how well the Battlefield statue is going to sell for F4F... and with the Beast Wars busts on the horizon, I don't want to see them doing poorly right now.

Also, all the Joe fans I know (10 or 12 folks) HATE the Joe/TF crossover stuff, so I wonder how well those are going to do for F4F. The head busts from Diamond look nice, but again, they're targeting a very small group that have had multiple opportunities to pick up statue/bust incarnations of these characters.

The Beast Wars busts and G1 statues (Swoop, Bludgeon, Scourge) seem like a really cool direction in which to go. If they can keep the cost down, I believe people would jump at some of the lesser known characters.